OpenRailwayMap/Signs in Italy

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This page provides a list of signs and the relative tagging scheme for them.

For railway signals please refer to the specific page: Railway signals in Italy

ETCS

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  ETCS transition marker
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  Stop marker
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  Location Marker
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  ETCS L2 distant entry
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  ETCS L2 entry
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  ETCS L2 distant exit
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  ETCS L2 exit

For an in-dept visualization of the ETCS tagging scheme check out the specific ETCS markers tagging page. The page contains the standard markers as well as the italian level transiton ones and ETCS electrical markers.

Speed

Triangle

The triangle is a speed indicator added to a main signal to represent the speed limit in a section.

• railway:signal:speed_limit=IT:TRI
• railway:signal:speed_limit:form=sign
• railway:signal:speed_limit:speed=(30/60)speed limit indicated by the triangle (empty=30).

Speed Limits

Speed limit with three ranks, left, and 2 ranks, right.

Speed limit signals should be tagged as follows:

• railway:signal:speed_limit=(IT:1R/IT:2R/IT:3R) with the number indicating the number of speed ranks represented.

• railway:signal:speed_limit:speed=* enter the speed limit in a list separated by ";" beginning with rank A. (Example: "140;160;180")

• railway:signal:speed_limit:arrow=(left/right) if the signal has an arrow pointing to the track that is signalling, add the direction of the arrow.
• railway:signal:speed_limit:form=sign

Speed Limits Distant

• railway:signal:speed_limit_distant=(IT:1R/IT:2R/IT:3R) with the number indicating the number of speed ranks represented.

• railway:signal:speed_limit_distant:speed=* enter the speed limit in a list separated by ";" beginning with rank A. (Example: "140;160;180")

• railway:signal:speed_limit_distant:distance=(1/2) if the signal is a distant signal enter the number of stripes that indicate the distance, if it is not a distant signal do not use this tag.

• railway:signal:speed_limit_distant:arrow=(left/right) if the signal has an arrow pointing to the track that is signalling, add the direction of the arrow.
• railway:signal:speed_limit_distant:form=sign

Remember that speed reduction is only effective after an adequate distance, check FL. Increase of speed is immediately effective.

Deposit and industrial area max speed

In deposit and other industrial sites there may be a specific sign with a max speed with the inscription "Velocità Max km/h ...", it should be tagged as follows

• railway:signal:speed_limit=IT:SPEED_DEPOT
• railway:signal:speed_limit_distant:speed=* is the speed limit
• railway:signal:speed_limit:form=sign

Level crossing signs

• railway:signal:crossing_info=IT:PL
• railway:signal:crossing_info:form=sign
• railway:position:exact=*add the position indicated in the sign

Halt Signs

Halt Signs

Halt signal, distant is the same but with one or two horizontal stripes below. The pole is haswith black and white horizontal stripes for the halt signal.

Halt signal is used to indicate the stopping position of a railway halt that does not have light signalling.

• railway:signal:stop=IT:HALT
• railway:signal:stop:form=sign

Distant Halt Sign

Before the halt signal there is always at least one distant halt signal

• railway:signal:stop_distant=IT:HALT
• railway:signal:stop_distant:form=sign
• railway:signal:stop_distant:distance=(1/2) add according to the number of stripes, 1 stripe is usually at braking distance from the halt, 2 stripes is usually at least 200m from the 1 stripe signal.

SCMT or SCC Halt Limit

The SCMT or SCC halt limit sign should be mapped with the following tags

• railway:signal:stop=IT:HALT:(SCMT/SCC) based on the system
• railway:signal:stop:form=sign

Platform length signs

Old Version

An example of the sign

The old version of this type of signs uses a square sign divided into 4 squared sections, each one has a number of cars at which the corresponding train should stop. The numbers are marked from the bottom left square to the bottom right in a clockwise direction.

Effective Halt (red background)

• railway:signal:stop=IT:HALT:CAR
• railway:signal:stop:form=sign
• railway:signal:stop:cars=* to indicate that a train with said number of cars should stop at the sign

Next Halts

• railway:signal:stop_distant=IT:HALT:CAR
• railway:signal:stop_distant:form=sign
• railway:signal:stop_distant:cars=* to mark the number of cars except for the one for which the stop applies, mark multiple values like "12;15;18" by following the order previously described.
• railway:signal:stop_distant:distance=* to mark the color of the single squares, possible values are yellow, white and crossed.

An example of the sign with an effective and a distant

New Version

The new version uses in-line signs with the distance rather then the number of cars. Like the precedent both distant and effective might be on the same pole, so there could be the necessity to use both at the same time

Effective Halt (Red Background)

• railway:signal:stop=IT:HALT:SIZE
• railway:signal:stop:form=sign
• railway:signal:stop:size=* to mark the size of the train that should stop at the sign, the default measure is meters and other should be explicitly stated.

Distant Halt (Yellow Background)

• railway:signal:stop_distant=IT:HALT:SIZE
• railway:signal:stop_distant:form=sign
• railway:signal:stop_distant:size=* to mark the size of the train that should stop at the sign, the default measure is meters and other should be explicitly stated.

Train Model

Some stations use signs with the train model to mark the stop point for said trains, you can use the following scheme

• railway:signal:stop=IT:HALT:MODEL
• railway:signal:stop:form=sign
• railway:signal:stop:model=* to mark the model, put multiple models using the semicolon as separator, like "ETR480;ETR500"

Emergency Exit

In case of an emergency exit there are some tables used to mark where a train should stop

Evacuation and Rescue (Posti di Evacuazione e Soccorso or PES)

This types of stop position markers resemble the ones used for a normal halt but they present an additional table that states "Punto di evacuazione e soccorso" plus the name of the place and the position, they are tagged in the same way as normal stop points but with the position and with the caption that marks with the name of the place

• railway:signal:emergency=IT:HALT
• railway:signal:emergency:form=sign
• railway:position:exact=*
• railway:signal:stop:caption=*

This signal might have one or more distant ones, so we tag them with the following tags

• railway:signal:emergency_distant=IT:HALT
• railway:signal:emergency_distant:form=sign
• railway:position:exact=*
• railway:signal:emergency:caption=*
• railway:signal:emergency:distance=(1/2) add according to the number of stripes, 1 stripe is usually at braking distance from the halt, 2 stripes is usually at least 200m from the 1 stripe signal.

Emergency exits on ERTMS Lines

This marker is composed of a white square table with a black circumference with inside the name of the place at which the train is stopping, we tag it as

• railway:signal:emergency=IT:ERTMS:HALT
• railway:signal:emergency:form=sign
• railway:signal:emergency:caption=*

The distant version of this sign is composed by a dashed circumference and also reports the position of the emergency exit, so we tag it as

• railway:signal:emergency_distant=IT:ERTMS:HALT
• railway:signal:emergency_distant:form=sign
• railway:signal:emergency_distant:caption=*
• railway:signal:emergency_distant:distance=*

Route Indicators

Direction indicators for junctions or diramation stations

Static route indicators "Tabella Direzionale per Bivi e Stazioni di diramazione" are panels with black background and white markings and arrows to indicate the directions possible from the station or junction. The arrows have names of a major destination near the ends.

The tagging scheme is the following with two variants:

• Two or three destinations:
  • railway:signal:route=IT:ROUTE
  • railway:signal:route:form=sign
  • railway:signal:route:states=*|*|* With states being the destinations from the leftmost to the rightmost as indicated in the panel ↖|↑|↗ if one state is missing just leave it empty but keep the two pipes ||. Example of leftmost direction missing |↑|↗ ( *=|Milano|Verona)
  • railway:signal:route:train_protection=*|*|* Indicates if there is a train protection sign in the direction of travel. If there is no indication do not use this tag. The direction scheme is the same of :states but insted of the destinations the tags that follow: (Example *=||COD_END to indicate codified zone end on the right direction)
    • COD for codified zone begin
    • END-COD for codified zone end
    • ETCS-L2 for ETCS L2 begin
    • END-ETCS-L2 for ETCS L2 end
    • empty for no train protection indication

• Four or Five destinations:
  • railway:signal:route=IT:ROUTE
  • railway:signal:route:form=sign
  • railway:signal:route:states=*|*|*|*|* With states being the destinations from the leftmost to the rightmost as indicated in the panel ←|↖|↑|↗|→ if one state is missing just leave it empty but keep the four pipes ||||. Example of leftmost direction missing |↖|↑|↗|→
  • railway:signal:route:train_protection=*|*|*|*|* Indicates if there is a train protection sign in the direction of travel. If there is no indication do not use this tag. The direction scheme is the same of :states but insted of the destinations the tags that follow: (Example *=COD_END|||COD_END| to indicate end of codified zone on the leftmost direction and on slight right direction)
    • COD for codified zone begin
    • END-COD for codified zone end
    • ETCS-L2 for ETCS L2 begin
    • END-ETCS-L2 for ETCS L2 end
    • empty for no train protection indication

TODO EXAMPLES AND IMAGE

Culmine

The Culmine sign is used at the top of a hill or mountain to mark the end of a track with an intensive gradient.

• railway:signal:slope=IT:CULMINE
• railway:signal:slope:form=sign

Milestones

Normal Milestones

Normal railway milestones (cippo/cippo kilometrico) should be tagged with the following tags:

• railway=milestone
• railway:milestone=IT:STD
• railway:position=*
• railway:position:exact=*

AV/AC

Milestones used on AV/AC lines should be tagged as

• railway=milestone
• railway:milestone=IT:AV
• railway:position=*
• railway:position:exact=*

Falling Rocks

The sign for falling rocks should be tagged as

• railway:signal:hazard=IT:ROCK_FALL
• railway:signal:hazard:form=sign

Torchs

In tunnels and other specific places some torches are placed for emergency lighting, the sign that marks such place is tagged as following

• railway:signal:emergency=IT:TORCHES
• railway:signal:emergency:form=sign

TODO

• Torce
• Fischio
• PLA, PL Non Presidiati, Normalmente chiuse
• Elettrificazione
• Zone codificate